JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

Multimodal Orchestration in TikTok Vocabulary Videos: A Qualitative Analysis of Vocabulary Meaning Making

The use of TikTok for short-form vocabulary instruction has become increasingly prevalent; however, empirical work examining the instructional design of these videos, particularly how multimodal elements are combined to construct vocabulary meaning, remains limited. This study uses qualitative multimodal discourse anal...

Multimodal Design or Communicative Input? ESL Learner Perceptions of TikTok-Inspired Vocabulary Instruction

Short-form video applications such as TikTok offer instructional environments that combine multimodal design with communicative input modes, yet how ESL learners perceive these features in formal classroom contexts remains underexplored. This quantitative descriptive correlational survey study examined the perceptions...

Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching

Baseline Assessment of Vocabulary Proficiency Among Teacher Trainees: Implications for Digital Storytelling Intervention

The present study seeks to understand the existing levels of vocabulary proficiency amongst teacher trainees, which will serve as a basis for future digital storytelling intervention. Vocabulary proficiency forms an important part of second language proficiency and is critical in ensuring pedagogic communication. The p...

JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

The findings demonstrate a dualistic viewpoint: students frequently identify a disparity in affective response, pointing out that these tools provide less emotional depth than human teachers, yet greatly appreciating the functional benefits of AIMLCS.

Understanding Contemporary Communication: A Multimodal Corpus Linguistic Approach

This study reconceptualizes contemporary communication by extending the traditional notion of conversation to include not only face-to-face interaction but also non-face-to-face exchanges, as well as spoken, written, and multimodal forms of expression. In this framework, multimodal communication is treated as the prima...